In January Russian manufacturers increased prices by 12.7% YoY. According to Rosstat, the highest increase was observed in iron ore prices – by 21.7%. Machinery and equipment for metal industry increased in price by 16.8%, quarrying machinery – by 15.8%. Copper prices went up by 6%, pig iron, steel and ferroalloys – by 4.6% on…
The Apollo metal structures works (Samara) has finished delivering structures for the booster compressor plant at the Sharkiy Berdakh oil-and-gas deposits (Uzbekistan). The company has supplied cable rack and pillars for units. The weight of the structures totaled 171 tons. The Sharkiy Berdakh is being developed by Uzbekneftegaz, which is constructing the booster compressor plant…
The governor of the Rostiv region Vasily Golubev has visited the Aluminiy Metallurg Rus works in the Belokalitvensky district. According to the press-service of the regional government, after the owner changed at the works in 2015 and with the help of the state support the company has been implementing several investment projects. Having become 100%…
Traders working with MMK report that the management of the company’s sales services plans to review the earlier announced March prices on flat rolled metal by increasing them by 2-3%. The increase is explained by the sharp rise of raw materials prices and the world market rolled metal price growth. The increase in prices for…
The repair service of the Kosogorsky Iron and Steel Works (Tula) has completed a number of overhauls in the shops and the plant’s divisions and continues carrying out all the rest of the scheduled repairs. The blast furnace No. 3 saw the replacement of the skip; bins No. 10 and 29 have been repaired at…
The governor of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev visited the town of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, where the iron and steel works with the capacity of 160 thousand tons of hot-rolled rebars per year has been constructing since 2013. The project is built in stages. The first stage, providing the construction of the energy substation, was finished last…
In 2016 Kazakhstan reduced exports of silver, however revenues grew and the country earned $584 million. Export volume in physical terms decreased by 8.8%, but in monetary terms it increased by 21.2%. In 2016 export of unprocessed or semi-finished silver and silver powder reached 1.17 thousand tons valued at $584.6 million. Kazakhstan’s main partner is…
5 plants will be opened in Karaganda region this year, the regional akim (governor) Nurmukhambet Abdibekov said. In particular, copper leaching and refractory materials plants will be constructed. The new companies will be created under the Entrepreneurship road map. “10 projects will be implemented under the roadmap. Aside from the roadmap we will also create…
